The amount of water vapor expressed as the mass of water vapor in a given mass of air is ________.

specific humidity

Any buoyant parcel of air is said to exhibit ________.

instability

Rising air, warmed by the release of latent heat, cools at a rate called ________.

the saturated adiabatic lapse rate

________ is the critical temperature at which saturation is reached.

The dew point

The relative humidity would be ________ percent if the actual water vapor in the air was 10 grams per cubic meter, the air's capacity to hold water vapor was 20 grams per cubic meter, and the dew point temperature was 20 degrees Celsius.

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Which of the following promotes evaporation?1. warm water2. warm air3. moving air4. all of the above5. none of the above

The altitude at which rising air reaches the dew point temperature is the ________.

A precipitation type extremely characteristic of the lower latitudes is ________.

A lack of atmospheric buoyancy is called ________.

Clouds of vertical development include ________.

The transfer of moisture from land to air is termed ________.

White frost is simply a cold weather form of ________.

If air's capacity for holding water vapor is diminished then the relative humidity will ________.

Water is unique because no other substance occurs in

Air forced to move over a mountain is most closely associated with which type of lifting?

Potential evapotranspiration is:1. usually not as great as actual evapotranspiration2. very small when the atmosphere is warm3. usually about the same as actual4. an amount much less than transpiration5. not described by any of the above

The capacity of air to hold water

Concerning acid rain, which fact is false?

The total amount of water vapor leaving the Earth's surface is called

Which of the following lapse rates represents the greatest temperature change over altitude?

Which of the following cloud types has the greatest height (from top to bottom of the cloud)?

Among cloud types, those that occur at the highest altitudes are the ________.

A piece of unsaturated air is forced to rise. The lapse rate in the surrounding air is much less than the rate in change of temperature in the rising air. The rising air is said to be

Acid rainfall does conspicuous damage to ________.

Which of the following is closely associated with acid rain?

The Bergeron process is also known as the ________ process.

A certain volume of air holds 20 grams of water vapor. At that temperature, the maximum amount the air can contain is 100 grams. What is the relative humidity?

The average lapse rate in the troposphere ________.

Air that resists vertical movement is said to be ________.

Air containing all of the water vapor it can hold is ________.

The rising and subsequent cooling of air at the rate of 10°C per 1,000 meters is called ________.

Which measure of humidity is a ratio of the percentage of water vapor to the mass of the air?1. absolute humidity2. specific humidity3. dew point4. relative humidity

Water vapor can be described by all but one of the following.

Which is NOT among the main types of atmospheric lifting and precipitation?